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By DAVID SCHOLZ Martinez Tribune MARTINEZ, Calif. – JRR Construction Co. was fined $4,050 for its role in a gravel truck accident that took the life of a Martinez woman and her unborn child on March 23, 2015. But a year later, the matter still remains unresolved as San Mateo-based …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – The City of Martinez has funded homeless advocacy programs designed to provide essential resources to the community’s most vulnerable population since 2011. This work was jeopardized, however, when Contra Costa Homeless Outreach announced it would be discontinuing operations June 30.   That all changed when Tesoro refinery announced …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – On Saturday, May 21, the Contra Costa County History Center welcomed a bumper crop of visitors to the opening of its new exhibit, Justice & Judges: The History of the Law in Contra Costa County. The impetus for the exhibit was a recent donation of materials and …

The annual Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało) Procession from the Polish Our Lady Mother of Immigrants Chapel to St. Catherine of Siena Church in downtown Martinez, Sunday, May 29, 2016. The procession is a Catholic feast celebrated as a public holiday in Poland, and is the day when the Catholic Church …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – Black spray paint defaced a memorial at Howe and Old Orchard roads last week, destroying a picture of Martinez Junior High School student Jenna Betti, who was killed in a 2014 train accident near the area. According to Her Smile, an organization founded in Betti’s memory that …

The recently completed “Martinez Beavers” mural overlooking the footbridge near Creek Monkey Tap House on Escobar Street in downtown Martinez. The mural, commissioned by local beaver advocacy group Worth A Dam, began as a project to honor the memory of the Martinez beavers, who’d all but disappeared from local waters …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – A woman suffered major injuries Tuesday afternoon when her vehicle veered from Highway 4 and traveled down an embankment, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials. Around 1 p.m. officers responded to a crash on eastbound Highway 4, near McEwen Road in unincorporated Contra Costa County. Upon …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – Over $500,000 in property damage occurred and 14 people were displaced when a fire ripped through an apartment complex on Arnold Drive near Morello Avenue early Tuesday morning. ConFire officials said they were able to save $756,000 in property, but that two units in the complex were …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The fourth annual BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival concluded with a bang Sunday night as the Red Hot Chili Peppers brought the Memorial Day weekend event to a raucous close with over 120,000 fans attending the three day event. Touring in advance of releasing their twelfth studio …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – Contra Costa residents soon won’t have to rush to purchase copies of important documents before the normal close of the business day, as the County’s Clerk-Recorder Division will stay open late one day a week during the summer months. From June 2 through Sept. 29, the County …